Anonymous wrote:Just use a clean jar and shake — a food processor would leave too much waster butter!

My kid did this a few months ago on school’s Colonial Day.

Your kid's school still does Colonial Day?

Does whipping cream work? Is that the same as heavy cream? I'm never sure....

Anonymous wrote:I am SO old that I can remember making butter in kindergarten. Heavy cream was placed in a jar and each of us in the class took turns shaking the jar. When it became butter, we each had a saltine with the fresh butter spread on it. Yum!

When I was in Kindergarten, one of our activity stations was hammering a bottle cap into a piece of wood using real nails and a real hammer. True story.

(They still make butter in schools today, shaking it up in zip lock bags.)

I really really hope that if you have kids you are doing this with them! I guess they might get tired of it but they get such a kick out of it.

And you know, this is something I really should be doing more of. I just threw out half a cup of cream because it got old.

Just use a clean jar and shake — a food processor would leave too much waster butter!

My kid did this a few months ago on school’s Colonial Day.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am SO old that I can remember making butter in kindergarten. Heavy cream was placed in a jar and each of us in the class took turns shaking the jar. When it became butter, we each had a saltine with the fresh butter spread on it. Yum!

Are you 6, because this is still a part of the liquid/sold unit in K.

Are you 80, because in my kids' schools outside food isn't allowed!

Seriously I'm being sarcastic, I know that all schools have different rules. I did do this as a visiting parent with DD's K class, but it was a private kindergarten.

Anonymous wrote:I am SO old that I can remember making butter in kindergarten. Heavy cream was placed in a jar and each of us in the class took turns shaking the jar. When it became butter, we each had a saltine with the fresh butter spread on it. Yum!

Are you 6, because this is still a part of the liquid/sold unit in K.

It's even better with some honey whipped in

I am SO old that I can remember making butter in kindergarten. Heavy cream was placed in a jar and each of us in the class took turns shaking the jar. When it became butter, we each had a saltine with the fresh butter spread on it. Yum!

Homemade butter is delicious. So is homemade buttermilk. Yum!

Why have I never done this before? My new favorite thing - use up leftover heavy cream by just throwing it in my food processor until it makes butter.

Have been enjoying it on toast all week - delicious!